Airport train fare to be around Rp 70,000 to Rp 80,000: Minister

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Thu, December 7, 2017 | 11:19 am

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi (center) talks to an airport train officer while he checks the condition of a train car at Sudirman Baru Station in Central Jakarta on Dec. 5.
(Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga/)

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Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said fares for the new railway linking Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Baten to inner Jakarta will be around Rp 70,000 (US$5.16) to Rp 80,000.

The fare is lower than the initial plan of Rp 100,000, which President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo criticized as too high.

Jokowi is scheduled to inaugurate the operation of the airport train on Monday.

“President Jokowi will kick off the operation of the airport train at 10 a.m. on Dec. 11,” the minister said.

Budi said between Dec. 11 and 31, passengers would be charge Rp 50,000 before the normal prices took effect, early next year.

“Starting Jan. 1, fares would be about Rp 70,000 to 80,000,” he said as reported by tribunnews.com

Ten trains will operate along the railway, with 82 trips per day and a headway of 30 minutes and capacity of 33,728 passengers per day.

It is estimated that it will take trains 55 minutes to travel from Manggarai Station in South Jakarta to the airport.